Sidecar: Hail a Ride to Techweek, Win $2,000 for Your Startup?

June 27, 2013

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At Techweek in Chicago this weekend, entrepreneurs who hitch a ride with Sidecar could win $2,000 in seed funding for their startup.

Sidecar connects people who need rides with background-checked drivers, whom they pay a voluntary donation. In a creative marketing scheme called #PitchMyRide, three venture capitalists will be riding around in Chicago Sidecars from 10 am to 8 pm on Friday and Saturday. If you hail a Sidecar to Techweek and find an investor in it, you can spend the drive pitching your idea.

(The investors’ identities aren’t being revealed yet, but you’ll know it’s them because they’ll be in the passenger seat – normally, the passenger seat would be empty.)

Your idea can be anything from a gadget to an app to a small business or restaurant.

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Kira M. Newman is a Tech Cocktail writer interested in the harsh reality of entrepreneurship, work-life balance, and psychology. She is the founder of The Year of Happy and has been traveling around the world interviewing entrepreneurs in Asia, Europe, and North America since 2011. Follow her @kiramnewman or contact kira@tech.co.